Hi Hilli.
We just finished a book on 15 SAAF, The Aegean Pirates.
Please contact me at
[email protected]
Thx
Stefaan
We just finished a book on 15 SAAF, The Aegean Pirates.
Please contact me at
[email protected]
Thx
Stefaan
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I'm currently trying to figure out as much as possible about the air bases around Foggia, Italy during WWII. I'm in contact with the 2nd, 301st, 463rd, and 99th bomb group websites but I want to know more about the South African AF in 1944 and the German units that operated ther before the allies atacked in 1943. If anyone has any info about the SAAF units or any information about allied or axis planes, men, etc flying from Foggia around august-november 1944 let me know.
the smallest bit helps!
thanks,
Brandon
Hi Hilli.
We just finished a book on 15 SAAF, The Aegean Pirates.
Please contact me at
[email protected]
Thx
Stefaan
I'm currently trying to figure out as much as possible about the air bases around Foggia, Italy during WWII. I'm in contact with the 2nd, 301st, 463rd, and 99th bomb group websites but I want to know more about the South African AF in 1944 and the German units that operated ther before the allies atacked in 1943. If anyone has any info about the SAAF units or any information about allied or axis planes, men, etc flying from Foggia around august-november 1944 let me know.
the smallest bit helps!
thanks,
Brandon
Thanks a lot gentleman I will try the SAAF museum and I I have not begun researching the RAAF yet but you provided me with a good place to start!
cheers,
Brandon
Hello Brandon , my uncle Desmond Vincent Watson , Seargent Pilot , RAAF , arrived at Foggia Italy on 2nd October 1944 and died in a mission to drop supplies to Italian Partisans the evening of 12th October 1944 , he was 20yrs old , the plane he was piloting crashed near the hill town of Rora , Piedmonte , Italy , my uncle is buried in the Milan War Cemetary , regards Colleen .
If you are trying to get info on SAAF history, try contacting a gent called Karel Zaayman who runs The Aviation Shop in Johannesburg, he is a wealth of information.If you Google 'The Aviation Shop ' or "TAS Hobbies", you'll get his contact email.
Hope that helps!
If you are trying to get info on SAAF history, try contacting a gent called Karel Zaayman who runs The Aviation Shop in Johannesburg, he is a wealth of information.If you Google 'The Aviation Shop ' or "TAS Hobbies", you'll get his contact email.
Hope that helps!
Hello Brandon , its nearly impossible to leave a message on this site , its extremely frustrating , Colleen
Sadly, the story you recount was played out so many times over Europe during the war...it's tragic that so many capable, talented, full of life young men from all sides lost their lives in this way. What we can do to honour these brave men is to respect their memory, recount and research their stories for future generations, and above all, remember them and the huge sacrifices they made.
If you go to his profile (click on his name) and you can leave a message there.
Sadly soalebm/Brandon hasn't been here for 2 years.
Hi there, I just read through your post and noticing that you are talking about Foggia, I remember that my grandfather used to tell me that his uncle emigrated to the U.S. at the beginning of the XX century and that during WWII a son of this uncle came to Foggia, apparently as a U.S. air-force pilot, and visited the relatives in the small town we come from (Rionero in Vulture) which is just an hour from Foggia. The family name is Richter, or as it was later misspelt in Italian bureaucracy Ricter.
Do you think it would be somehow possible to go back to these relatives in the U.S.? I live in Italy, and my family is still living in this town in the south: Rionero in Vulture.
Thank you for your help.
Kind regards
Anthony
Hello Anthony , i don't quite understand your question , however it is possible to research for relatives in a number of ways , if that is what you mean , for free in a general sense ie: phone books and writing letters or Births , Deaths and Marriage records in the particular country.I am not an expert , so i stumble along using my own common sense . I was able to trace one branch of my family for free through Church records held and collected by a well known "religious" organisation back to 1650's .T search and be able to print actual documents i think paying a Genealogy site may be the go . If i can help you please ask , kind regards Colleen .
My father, Jacob (Jack) Olinsky was with the S.A..A.F. 31 Heavy Bomber Squadron as an air mechanic. He kept a sort of diary...not too detailed and not daily. If anyone is interested in his notes, contact me. He was stationed in Foggia.